Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-01
SOUTHERN Gl.EANlNGS,

Saihuei Jason is seven feet and two inches
high, while Miss Anna Hall, perfect,
sprightiy, and intelligent lady of fifteen
summers, is only thirty inches tall.
A band of mass ed men attacked the
cabin of Adam M Hard, colored, on
plantation near Cutnbert, Ca, few days
ago, killing aud wounding several of the
inm1's. The attack grew out Of an en-
coundels between Mollard's son and Buck
Smith, the owner Of the plantation, in
which the former was shot and slightly
wounded. On the night before the attack
on the cabin a load of buckshot was fired
into Smiths bedroom, but no damage re-
suited.
General VIM. Preston died at Lexing-
ton, KY, a few days since, surrounded by
his family. He had been i'll since July.
His remains were buried at Louisville.
The jury at Baton Rouge, La, in the
case of ex-Secretary of State w. A. Strong
returned a verdict of guilty as charged.
Strong was indicted for the embezzlement
of about So, 600 of the States money in con-
nection with the sale of election-ticket pa
per.
Dick Gibbs, colored, aged sixteen, and
Ulysses Price, white, eighteen, had fight
at Hawesville, KY, few days ago. They
fought at first with their fists, but Gibbs
being too much for Price, the latter seized
an axe which was lying near and split his
adversary's head with it. Price imme-
diately fed.
The Georgia Senate has passed its SUBJ
stitute for the Glenn bill by vote of % tc
Is. The bill merely withdraws the State
money from educational institutions
where races are mixed and makes gradu.
ates ineligible for teachers places.
A general fight took place among
large gang of railroad negroes near Wit
ton, Botetourt County, Va, few days
ago, in which many We're wounded, and
one man named Ross will die. The origin
of the difficulty is not known.
Joseph Baum & Co., wholesale dealers
in general merchandise at Meridian,
Miss, have made an assignment. Their
liabilities and assets are placed at $3.50, 900
each. The principal creditors are in Phil
adelphia.
Mrs. Minerva Beard died at her home in
Owensboro, KY, few nights ago, in the
seventy-seventh year Of her age. Her
maiden name was Boone, and she was
niece of Daniel Boone, the Kentucky
pioneer. She has one brother living, Mr..
Lafayette Boone, of New Madrid, Mo.
Calvin Antry is lying at the house of his
father, Samuel A. Antry, at Alphraetta,
Ca, at the point of death His forehead
is crushed in, his nose is smashed into
Jelly and his eyes are protruding. Calvin
met this raaisfurtuae while trying to play
the role of q ghost.
Mr.. CASTOR McGee, of Guntown, Miss,
died at the Coveness House, in Jackson,
Tenn, few days ago. He was promi-
nent merchant who had been to ST. Louis
with his family to buy goods. He was
taken seriously i'll, suddenly, en- route for
home. When he arrived in jackson he was
carried to the hotel, where he soon died
with his family around him. His remains
were shipped home for interment.
The Atlanta Constitution pleasantly re-
marks: 'tTwenty three years ago yester-
day route agent named W. 7. Sherman
piloted the biggeist party of excursionists
into Atlanta that ever visite d Georgia.
Efforts We're made to entertain the party
here, but they decided to extend their trip
to Savannah"
The rear portion of q freight train on the
South Carolina railroad broke loose q
few days since while the train was run
zing on a down grade between st. Math-
ews and Singleton. After a momentary
check it crashed into the front section.
W. a. Perkins, brakeman, was crushed
to death.
Judge Jackson Graham, an old school.
mate of Abraham Lincoln, was buried in
Milton County, Ga, recently. Judge
Graham was born in Green County, KY,
on the 2Sth day of September, 1915, and
was in his seventy second year. He held
many responsible places of public trust il
his county. Prior to the war he was en-
gagged extensively in the stock trade be
tween Kentucky and Georgia, and when
the war commenced he had the largest
business in this line between the two
States.
Jack Debose, the negro arrested on sus.
picions of numbering the Voolfolk family,
at Canton, Ga, has confessed his guilt.
His motive was revenge for alleged i'll
treatment by Captain Voolfolk. Debose
claims that he did not actually Kill the
people, but that three negro accomplices
entered the house and committed the
butchery while Debose watched outside.
He says he saw Tom Voolfolk jump from
a window and run for his life. Tom, who
has been under arrest for the crime, will
doubtless be released.
A Lake City (Fla.) correspondent says
a movement has been started in Lake
County which is rapidly spreading all
over the State, for the organization of
shippers union, to regulate the sale and
shipment of oranges, lemons and other
fruits. The plan is to dispense with the
present commission men in the North ern
and Western cities, and placed there in
stead trusted agents of the union. The
hope is felt that these will not only ar
range a larger return for the sales from
the North, but that it will raise the
prices of the products also.
". T. Wood, aged forty five years, and
formerly a merchant of Murfreesboro,
Tenn, died few days ago from an over
dose of morphine administered by his own
hands. Woods arrived in the city in COM
pany with his brother-in-law, DIR. j. E.
Binnis, from Cincinnati, where he was
taken some weeks ago for treatment OF an
alteration of the mind. He found no re-
lief there, and was on his return home.
Woods took morphine during the night,
and was in dying condition when found
Greek George and John Muhler wrestle-
ed Graco-Roman at Chattanooga few
nights ago in the presence of 1000 people.
Muller won the first fall and George the
second, in thirty minutes each. In the